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Old 12-18-2011, 06:26 PM   #1
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I brewed mead for the first time and somehow I have this funny fuzzy growth in the bottles. It was clear, now its not. Coul I be looking at unwanted bacterial growth or just not enough settle time?


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Old 12-18-2011, 06:31 PM   #2
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I brewed mead for the first time and somehow I have this funny fuzzy growth in the bottles. It was clear, now its not. Coul I be looking at unwanted bacterial growth or just not enough settle time?
That's definitely not normal! It sounds like an infection, unless you bottled way too early and you've got sediment falling out in chunks. But if it was clear when you bottled, and now you have something growing, it points to an infection.

How did you sanitize the bottles and bottling gear? Maybe that was the infection point.


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